Karnataka azaan row: CM Bommai says instructions issued for harmonious resolution

After the campaign against halal meat sold by Muslim traders and the hijab row in the state, right-wing groups recently launched a campaign against azaan, the call for prayer from mosques.

The opposition parties have flayed right-wing groups and the BJP government over the communal campaigns in the state. Fringe activists have vowed to play the Hanuman Chalisa using loudspeakers in the morning to counter the azaan. Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik warned that if the government failed to remove microphones from all mosques, the Sene would intensify its protest by singing bhajans using loudspeakers in temples.